The holiday season is upon us! Kick it off right by shopping local and supporting your community as you prepare for feasting and gifting. The Broadway Community Market is hosting a special Thanksgiving and Holiday Market tomorrow (Nov. 22) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and we would love to see you there!

So many vendors will be setting up to bring you ingredients and premade food for your Thanksgiving feast. Jillian will be making her famous grilled pimiento cheese sandwiches, and the Sweet Spot dessert truck will have funnel cakes, so you can have lunch while you shop, too. We’ll also have lots of handmade gifts available so you can get started on your holiday shopping. Buy local tomorrow and skip the Black Friday chaos later.

I have been busy crocheting for this special market. Mini stockings were a hit last year, so I’ve crocheted a big pile of them! In addition to the solid red and green stockings, I also made some striped ones. They’re the perfect size for little gifts like gift cards, lip balm, or candy, or even a bit of greenery to decorate with.

I also have cup cozies that fit mugs as well as to-go cups, dish cloths, scrubbies (great for dishes or in the bath), skillet handle covers, market bags, and adorable fish bowl stuff-and-spill toys. The garden is long since done producing, but I still have garlic for your cooking needs as well.

Speaking of the garden, the cover crops are growing beautifully in the new space, and I’ve planted two types of garlic for next year: Polish White, which I’ve been growing for several seasons, and Chesnok Red, an heirloom variety from the Republic of Georgia that I’ve been eager to try. The new herb garden has also been planted, with rosemary, lavender, oregano, lemon balm, and thyme. It’s been a rough year with the drought and moving and everything else, but I’m hopeful for next year and looking forward to seeing how this new garden grows.

See you at the market!

Well, friends, we have finally come to the end of market season. The Broadway Community Market will be open for one last market day tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. And we have a new vendor, The North Mountain Confectionary, making their business debut! They will be selling homemade gourmet apples, a perfect sweet treat for the fall season. Come out to show them some love and help make their first day of business a roaring success.

Of course, several of the vendors you have come to know over the summer will be set up as well, offering pasture-raised eggs and meat, herbal salves and balms, ready-made meals for your freezer, handmade items, sustainably grown produce, and more. We are all so grateful for your support throughout the season, and we would love to see you one more time tomorrow. There’s no Community Market without the community!

I did a final harvest in the garden this morning and picked jalapenos, bell peppers, perpetual spinach, and green tomatoes to go on my market table alongside garlic and a variety of practical knitted and crocheted items.

So what can you do with green tomatoes? A lot, it turns out! The dish we all know and love is fried green tomatoes, great for BLTs or just eating hot out of the skillet. A shopper last week told me that she likes to store green tomato slices in a jar of pickle juice in the fridge and use them on sandwiches throughout the winter! Green tomatoes will also take on fruity notes when baked with warm spices, such as in a green tomato pie. You can also try subbing part or all of the apples in your favorite crisp or pie recipe with green tomatoes.

See you at the market!

Halloween is still a few weeks away, but we’re celebrating early at the Broadway Community Market tomorrow with a fun Trunk or Treat event! This is a great opportunity for kids to dress up and enjoy free games and candy while the adults shop from local vendors. We have only two market days left of the season, so come out and join the fun! Remember, fall hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

As we approach the end of market season, we also near the first frost, which means tomorrow might be your last opportunity for summer produce. This morning, I harvested jalapenos, ripe and green tomatoes (mmm, fried green tomatoes), carrots, green onions, and even some perpetual spinach. I’ll also have garlic and knitted and crocheted items.

See you at the market!